427 TRACKER: A ZESTY CUSTOM YAMAHA RD400 FROM CANADA

[weeksy]

Uh oh... i'm not sure the cheese will approve.

https://www.bikeexif.com/custom-yamaha-rd400

[Count Steer]

Lot of work gone into it. All the lines and angles work nicely. This one has a good reason for fitting the tyres too.

Love the 'Not for aircraft' on the carbs.

Q? IIRC the MoT checks the headlight beam (in the UK). Does the headlight actually have to have a beam? This bike just has a couple of LED bars.

[KungFooBob]

It's very... clean.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Name is misleading, I was expecting a 7 litre V8.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I like it

[cheb]

So do I.

[mangocrazy]

The engine is very high in the frame. The crank must be at least 4 inches above a line through the wheel spindles. Not sure how that would affect the handling, ditto the angle of dangle of the swingarm. And why can't people fit a side stand of the correct length?

Other than that, I like it. No pretence, just a clean minimalist look.

[Skub]

I like it

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

The engine is very high in the frame. The crank must be at least 4 inches above a line through the wheel spindles. Not sure how that would affect the handling, ditto the angle of dangle of the swingarm. And why can't people fit a side stand of the correct length?

Other than that, I like it. No pretence, just a clean minimalist look.

I don't think the engine is high in the frame, it's more that it's got the swingarm at a stupid angle, it's not going to handle well like that.

[slowsider]

Not to mention chain tension

[mangocrazy]

The engine is very high in the frame. The crank must be at least 4 inches above a line through the wheel spindles. Not sure how that would affect the handling, ditto the angle of dangle of the swingarm. And why can't people fit a side stand of the correct length?

Other than that, I like it. No pretence, just a clean minimalist look.

I don't think the engine is high in the frame, it's more that it's got the swingarm at a stupid angle, it's not going to handle well like that.

The engine is high relative to a line drawn through the wheel spindles. The engine sits 'normally' in the frame, but the suspension has been tweaked to provide more ground clearance, probably due to having both spannies on the same side. That's one of the least appealing parts of the build IMHO.

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[Le_Fromage_Grande]

It's stupidly high for a flat tracker, a sport which doesn't need much ground clearance and the bikes only turn left.
I still like it, I wouldn't want to ride it.

[Count Steer]

Shame (again) that they don't show it being ridden so you can see how it sits when loaded. It does say in the article it's a 'street tracker' so, if the streets warrant those tyres, a bit of ground clearance may be welcome.